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Metastatic Breast Cancer Recurrence Table

Metastatic breast cancer is usually detected because of symptoms. The
treatment of metastatic breast cancer depends on the area of the recurrence,
the extent of the recurrence, and the type of treatments you have already
had.

Symptoms and treatment for recurrent breast cancer

Area affected

Symptom

Treatment

Breast or chest wall

Lump or thickening in the breast or under
the arm

Changes in size or shape of the breast

Changes
in the skin of the breast or chest wall

Chest wall
pain

Discharge from the nipple

Surgery to treat a local recurrence to the
breast, under the arm, or on the chest wall

Hormone therapy, such
as tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor for cancers that are fed by estrogen
(ER+)

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